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| author | G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> | 2022-12-21 15:03:15 -0600 |
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| committer | G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> | 2022-12-21 17:44:41 -0600 |
| commit | 2bd5ac16fd685a43723e2a52e1615dbb4a451d81 (patch) | |
| tree | c239c2f425520759f7731be1f2202552de0749e8 /tmac/groff_man.7.man.in | |
| parent | 3bf676a4e01d3a90fd6b78a05620d35241d3fb6f (diff) | |
| download | groff-git-2bd5ac16fd685a43723e2a52e1615dbb4a451d81.tar.gz | |
groff_man*(7): Clarify `\(` identifier coverage.
Diffstat (limited to 'tmac/groff_man.7.man.in')
| -rw-r--r-- | tmac/groff_man.7.man.in | 13 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in b/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in index d6082663b..92952bc17 100644 --- a/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in +++ b/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in @@ -2671,15 +2671,20 @@ escape sequences do. . .P Several special characters are also widely portable. +.\" meaning: groff, Heirloom Doctools troff, neatroff, mandoc . AT&T .I troff -did not `define' the reverse solidus or quotation characters listed -below, -but any of its descendants, +did not consistently `define' the characters listed below, +.\" Only \-, \(em, and \(ga were documented in CSTR #54 (1976). CSTR +.\" #54 (1992) offers no _comprehensive_ list but shows \(en in its +.\" PostScript DESC file example. In DWB 3.3, \(aq was supported by the +.\" "post" device, and \(dq by "pcl" and "Latin1". +but its descendants, like Plan\~9 or Solaris .IR troff , \" Plan 9, Solaris -can support them by defining their glyphs in font description files; +can be made to support them by defining them in font description files, +making them aliases of existing glyphs if necessary; see .MR groff_font @MAN5EXT@ . . |